In 2010, MASQUERADE LIFE CASTING will be at the State Street Art Festival in Ann Arbor, MI, July ?th through ?th. She can be found in Booth XXX on Maynard Street, between Liberty and William. Personal castings can be made at the show or by calling (830) 864 5327 for a post-show appointment until July ?th. You can also use email which will be checked daily.

ANN'S MAIN FAIRE IS THE Maryland Renaissance Festival just outside of Annapolis in Crownsville, Maryland. She is a Permanent Artist at this venue, and her booth is number 200. In the 2010 show season the Maryland Festival opens August 29th& 30th and runs weekends through October 24th & 25th.

Private appointments are available during the week at this time, and can be scheduled by contacting her at her temporary Maryland number: 410 XXX XXXX.

ANN'S FINAL SHOW IS at the Armadillo Xmas Bazaar in Austin, Texas. Beginning in 2009 on December 11th, and open daily from 11 AM to 11 PM through December 24th. The show is being held in the Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 2, 500 E Cesar Chavez. Private castings can be scheduled either in the mornings or immediately after Christmas, by contacting her at her phone number: 830 864 5327, leave a detailed message and a return number. The quickest response is through her email contact found to the left.

FACE CASTING WORKSHOPS are available through The Hill Country Arts Foundation, in Ingram, Tx. 800-459-4223 or 830-367-5120. This class will be on the weekend of February 27th & 28th. It is a two day intensive workshop offering insight into the history of life casting as well as the hands-on process. Two plaster gauze castings will be made, three finished works will be created from these castings, one of which will be made into a fired clay piece. Many students of this workshop have gone on to practice life casting professionally.

AND, at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster MD, 410-857-2771. This is a five day workshop at McDaniel College. The workshop dates have not been set but are generally in the beginning of July, check here or with the link above. The history of life casting and it's direct impact on the historic record will be reviewed as well as in depth discussions on the "holographic" effect of the student's castings. The hands on process will include two or more separate castings of the face. One by fellow students, the second by Ann. Using these castings the students will create several decorated masks, as well as a permanent work in fired clay.

There is no better way to discover the life casting process, and use what you've learned to document your own family's history.

  Ann Lyneah Curtis

is the Artist behind

Masquerade Life Casting